The Power (album)
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Released | 3 April 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1999-2000 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
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The Power is the debut studio album by Australian pop singer Vanessa Amorosi, released on 3 April 2000 on CBK Produktions and Transistor Music Australia. The album debuted at number 1 on the Australian ARIA charts and was certified 4x platinum. An international version was released with different album art and track listing.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000, the album was nominated for two awards; Highest Selling Album and Breakthrough Release.
Track listing
# | The Power (Australian album)[3] | Writer | Time |
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01. | "U R Mine" | Holden, Wiltshire | 4:15 |
02. | "Absolutely Everybody" | Hicks, Holden, Ingram | 3:42 |
03. | "Shine" | Amorosi, Holden, Parde | 3:53 |
04. | "Have a Look" | Amorosi, Holden, Imrei | 3:35 |
05. | "Pray for Love" | Hicks, Holden, Ingram | 3:35 |
06. | "Every Time I Close My Eyes" | Amorosi, Holden, Wiltshire | 3:45 |
07. | "How Y' Livin'" | Amorosi, Holden, Wiltshire | 4:01 |
08. | "The Power" | Amorosi, Hicks, Holden, Ingram | 3:34 |
09. | "I Wanna Be Your Everything" | Amorosi, Holden, Imrei | 3:36 |
10. | "You Were Led On" | Amorosi, Wiltshire | 4:42 |
11. | "Pray for Love" (Club Mix) | — | 3:26 |
12. | "The Power" (Spiced Mix) | — | 3:33 |
13. | "Absolutely Everybody" (Latino Mix) | — | 3:27 |
# | The Power (International album)[4] | Time |
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01. | "U R Mine" | 4:15 |
02. | "Absolutely Everybody" | 3:42 |
03. | "Shine" | 3:52 |
04. | "I Wanna Be Your Everything" | 3:36 |
05. | "How Y' Livin'" | 4:01 |
06. | "Everytime I Close My Eyes" | 4:03 |
07. | "Pray for Love" | 3:34 |
08. | "The Power" | 3:34 |
09. | "Steam" | 3:47 |
10. | "Turn to Me" | 3:36 |
11. | "You Were Led On" | 4:41 |
12. | "Have a Look" | 3:34 |
The Japanese 14-track version of The Power features two bonus tracks, "Rise Up" (3:22) and "Second Chance" (3:40).[5][6]
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (2000/01) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 1 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] | 21 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] | 7 |
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart | 93 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] | 15 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2000) | Position |
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Australian Albums Chart[11] | 4 |
Australian Artist Albums Chart[11] | 3 |
Chart (2001) | Position |
Australian Albums Chart[12] | 54 |
Australian Artist Albums Chart[13] | 9 |
Switzerland Albums Chart[14] | 96 |
Decade-end charts
Chart (2000–09) | Position |
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Australia Album (ARIA) [15] | 81 |
Australian Artist Album (ARIA) [15] | 25 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[16] | 4× Platinum | 280,000^ |
Germany (BVMI)[17] | Gold | 150,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Label | Catalogue |
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Australia | 3 April 2000 | CBK Produktions, Transistor Music | CCBK7042 |
United Kingdom | 2 October 2000 | Mercury | 159 914-2 |
Japan | 18 October 2000 | Transistor Music | UICO 2002 |
Germany | 27 November 2000 | Island Records, Universal Music | 159 409-2 |
See also
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ MTV Asia review[permanent dead link]
- ^ SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT :: Australia :: CD Releases Archived 8 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Amazon.co.uk: The Power: Music: Vanessa Amorosi
- ^ "Tower.com: The Power (Japan)". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
- ^ Vanessa Amorosi The Power Japan Promo CD ALBUM (184826)
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Vanessa Amorosi – The Power". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Vanessa Amorosi – The Power" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Vanessa Amorosi – The Power". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ a b "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2000". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2001". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top Australian Albums 2001". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "IFPI-SWI Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2001". IFPI. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ a b "2009 ARIA End of Decade Albums Chart". ARIA. January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Vanessa Amorosi; 'The Power')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 3 October 2019.